Notes: Buddhists, Jains, and Hindus have directed an almost equal attention to the Gopura or gateways o f their towns and temples. These, both in form and purpose, resemble the pylons of the Egyptian temples.

2. Which of the following states is sole producer of agate, chalk, and perlite in India?

Notes: Gujarat is the sole producer of agate, chalk, and perlite and is leading producer of fluorite (concentrate), fireclay, silica sand, lignite, laterite, petroleum and natural gas and bauxite in the country. State is the sole holder of country’s resources of perlite, 66% of fluorite, 28% of diatomite, 18% of bentonite and 12% of wollastonite. [Ministry of Mines]

Notes: The rarified air at high altitudes gives less resistance to ball.

5. Which of the following is not a correct statement?

[A] One liter of cold air will be heavier than one liter of hot air [B] Bats are blind but can fly in the dark because of echolocation [C] In human body, Liver stores glucose as glycogen [D] Foot and mouth disease of cattle is a viral disease

Notes: Inflation refers to rise in general price level of goods and services, deflation is fall in general price level of goods and services. Deflation is inflation in negative zone, i.e. a decrease in the general price level of goods and services. {Reference}

7. India’s first Uranium Mine is located at which among the following places?

Notes: Jaduguda is first Uranium Mine in India located in Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Other mine is located in Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh. Pichli near Abrakipahar in Gaya district of Bihar and Sunrgai and Dalbhum areas of Singhbhum district of Jharkhand are other locations where